Corset



A. J. LECOUTRE CORSET led Dec.

Patrented Aug. 27, 1935 VaoiassoNv v A joonsETf Auguste Jean Leooutra `Wol-cestel', Massg'assignor tol. Newman& Sons, Inc.,fNew Haven, Conn., a corporation of Connecticutl invention relates corsets for an object toprovide aconstruction whichis an improvement. ',over Patent ,No..t91i-issued.

Another objectl of the invention'isto provide an improved corset .Whi'chs provided kwith a self-adjusting` and reducing feature, while, at the same time,A presenting.- a corset which'will mold the body at the hips Vand* alsov more or less4 from the Waisfline orofwveidly- Y A further object of the'invention is to provide a corset having .a body and anwinterior` vest structure with slidable A lacinglconnecting the veststructureand certain parts ofthe body to-` gether.'H y' l y A n additional objecthmore specifically,y is to provide, e Corset leavingv albodv formait/"ith e back portion and two front portions,together with a pair of vest sections A and'placing `forcennecting kthe respectivefvest seotionsto the'ro'nt,

feiioleed efl'rioin 'theft/St seitens; @11eme feront sections .to the side edges of the back sec@ tion in such a manner Ntl'iai", therewillbe antautomatic r adjustrnent of the Avest sections and the' front sections withar limited yamount ofnleverage producedby the'crossingloff'the t Fig.4 2 is van elevation of the Vcorset vshown in Fig. l, thefsine being spreadout and onanenlarged'scale; f

Fig. 3 Vis an enlarged fragmentaryview of a`d`` jacent edges of one ofthe'vestsectionsandtwo of4 the body -sections With the lacings y correctly positioned, the vestsec'tion Abeing superimposed onon'e ofthe body'se'ctions;' l E Figli is a sectionalviewgthroughFig: 3y on the line 4 4;

Fig.`5 is 'an Vnlarged fragmentary plan viewbf Fig. 6 is a' sectionaliview throug -Figilonlthe line 6 6;

Figs-'ILl is an enlarged-'sectional View through Fig. 3 on the line 1-1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, I indicates the back section of the corset,; and 2 and 3 the front sections. Associated with the respective'sectionsof the corset body is a vest consisting of sections 4 and 5. Rows of eyelets 6, 1, 8' and 9 are provided' on the respective front sections 2 and 3 and on the respective vest sections 4 and 5. The sections 2 and 3 are provided withv the usual arrangement o f hooks andfeyes I0 for connecting the ylower partpf theiront sections 2. and 3 together, while the upperfpart `is connected by a lacing. Il passing throughthe Various hooks; similar to Patent No.. 1,86v9391, The section 4 is provided 5 with eyes vI2 oflany Wellfknown kind,the same being adapted to accommodate hooks I31when thegarmentvis in use; Above the eyes iare arranged studs I4y adapted to interlock with` fittings` I5,the.stuils I4 and fittings-I5 being of any well--A known kind; x wf -.i l V,

When the corset is '.firstput` on itisy passed around the back-of the person and. then the hooks andeyes I3 and IZareengaged, after which the studs YI4 and fittings I5are engaged; '.Whenthis 15 has `been done, the front sectionsiof thebody of the corset are brought around,- to theiront and thehooks and eyes II1areinterlocked,.such hooks rtothe conditions?l AsiIIuStratedmore clearly in Fig. 4,l the -laeingsISand I1 pa's's* through vsuitable eyes -in'the respective front'sections or vthe corset body and the vest Ysectionsand then vthrough eyes vI andV I9,`sai`d' eyes being carried by'the back or' ingfthezlacingsoas, for instancejthe'flacing SIE, thesection il is'laidover against the'back section I and then theiacing is placed inA position;v It

'willjbe noted* from'the `right-l'iand side of 'Figir 2,

that t'hejla'oi'ng is :positioned inthe ordinary manner of cross-laoinggfbut that thercrossed'potions pass; ea'ch other within the j VariOuS yeyes `I 8'. In this wayea'ch'of lthe laoings. "I 6 and VI1 is positioned to pass through "the eyesatithe vpoint of crossing. Byreason of thisstructure, when the corset is rst put onand the forwardedgesr and23 aredrawn ous fastening means, the lacings will slide through the eyes I8 and I9 and permit an easy engagement of the Various fastening means on thevest'.

When the sections 2 and 3 are folded over '5'0 on top of the vest, they are pulled into positionv to interlock the hooks and eyes I0 and to cause' the lacing I I to be positioned as shown in Fig'. 1.v As the front edges 24 and 25 of the sections 2 and 3 are pulled toward each other, the lacings 55 I 6 and I 'I will be pulled in a reverse through the eyes I8 and I9.

After theV corset has been properly positioned on the body of the wearer, as illustrated in Fig. l, the lacings I6 and I'I will still function to produce an adjusting of the parts'and also a reducing action as the pressure is distributed throughoutv the garment. It will be noted that therev is ,a single lacing connecting the inside portionv orsection 4' with the outside portion or section 2 for the full length of these se'cf:

direction tions, and this connection also connects these ,Q two sections with the rear or back section I -of -1 the corset body. The reducingff adjustment comes principally when thelwearervhooks theout y y A Vvest structure,and means for connecting the side front portions of the garment after fitgis on; also the arrangement of. the lacings I6 and,

I1 passing twice through eacheyegor havingfthe center passing through the eye, acts, inga. cer-4 H tain sense, as a'.1ever for the'adjustment.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, there is provided a strip 26 which is of comparatively heavy fabric,

' and' to this stripthe v'various'eyesfIB are secured.v

v lev Eacho-f these eyes has a'fstraight section 21,

roundedat 28 and 29, with a comparativelylarg'e bend, said rounded portions merging into 4legs 30 and 3I, which in turn haveloops 32 and `33 for accommodating?. the eyelet members 34 and 35, which members are preferablyconnected together by a connecting sectioniSB, whereby the eyelet members with the connecting section form one' integral structure. .It will be evidentlthatv the eyes I8 are identical withn the eyes I9 and that .a description thereof will. apply equally vto eyes I9 and associated parts.r The strip 26 With the .various eyes isplaced'in the loop or hem 31.

` of the. back |,1and4 is secured in place by the various lines of stitching 38, as shown in Fig. 7. This fprovides. a very desirable anchorage `for the. strip,.and the eyes so .that a continuous vor intermittent'pull thereon bythe. lacings4 will not injure the backj sectionr I butwill permit aldistributionof thestrain.w w.

In forming the back section I, it will bel observed. that there. arexprovided elastic ,inserts 39. .andi 40 at the .top and. bottom, and.. elastic panels vlIland 42at the bottom,;the panelsl` and142 being connected to thewrespective edges IISv and 44, butnotto the edges 4,5andrr46- |lhe end ci Vpanel A4I. opposite edge. A,is connectedto the edge pAortionlI'I ofthe Yfront panel 3,.lwhi1e the edge` of panel 42,*oppositerthevedge.4t y is Connected to the ...edge .Dertien ..48 f0.f..p.2fne1g2. Thiswill allow a ,stretch at the bottom, and, at the same time,`permit the parts to snuglyiitat a point slightly below the hip-line. It will also beobserved thatv the vest structure extends from substantially'the top toV the bottom of thebodyff the corset,"and that the'lacings I6 and I'Iv extend from theA top' 'of the corset down to a point"para1lel with the'upper edge of` the elastidinsertsfll Vand '42."

ff Iclaim:

nected to said rear section at its respective edges and extending in the same plane as the rear section, a pair of front sections, a vest structure extending substantially from the top to the bottom ofthe front sections,v said `vest structure and `said'front sections having eye Imembers set l.back a short distance from the respective sections, a single lacing extending through the eye members on the respective edges of the rear section :of the corset body and through the adjacent eye*` `members of said frontv sections and said front edge of the front sections together.

ingr a vest having a pair of sections, each section -having a row of eye members along one edge, a

pair of front sections forming part of the corset body'andhaving a row of eye members along an edge thereof,` a singlecrossed lacing for connecting onev edge of the respective front sec-r tions of theV corset body to one'edge' of therespective sectionsV of the vest, a rear section forming part'of the corset body, eye members carried by the respectiveedgesof the rear section oiv the corsetr body, said lacing. at the crossing extending through the respective eye members carried by the-rear corset section, means for connecting the front edges of the vest together, and meansfor connecting the front edges of the front-corset sections' together, the arrangement of said lacing permitting a sliding action 7of the lacing" when the respective vest sections and 2. A corset of Athe character described, includfrontcorset sections are being moved into functionng position..

3. AA Acorset of the character l n cluding a corset body* having a rear panel-and described,A 'intwo front panels, a vest structure formedinto l edges to one ""ofthe lvertical .edges-of the re:

spective front panels, and presentingjan` elastic connection between thelower part of the rear panel of the vcorset body and the lowerpart of the respective front panels of the .corset body, said corset, body 'being' so proportionedY that" the upper edge Vwill be approximately. at the waistline Vof the person wearing the'v garment andthe loweredgewill be below the hipline,'4said elastic `panels actingtoconstrict lthe lower edge of the corset body when the garment is in use, ,l

AUGUSTE JEAN LECOUTRE. 

